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[Shannon VanWagner <shannon.vanwagner@xxxxxxxxx>]

Peter,

not sure if you have the same model as me (VPCZ114GX), but I wrote up what
worked for me at:
http://linux-on-sony-vaio-z.wikispaces.com/VPCZ114GX

Good Luck!
Shannon VanWagner - humans-enabled.com

On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Peter Rhone <prhone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Can you point me to the hacked bios / instructions?  I have the same
> machine.  Bumblebee works perfectly.
>
> thanks,
>
> Peter
>
> On 08/27/2012 01:22 PM, Carlchristian Eckert wrote:
> > On 08/26/2012 05:42 PM, Peter Rhone wrote:
> >> Ah, ok, that's really cool. That is if you are running the in speed
> >> mode, correct? The other option is to run in auto mode with bumblebee,
> >> then stuff like screen brightness is controlled by the intel side of
> >> things, and programs that need perf. can be run on nvidia.
> >
> > Yes, that's while running in speed mode. I use a hacked BIOS and have
> > static switching enabled. I was never sure how well bumblebee would
> > work on my device, but I should definitely give it a try someday :D
> >
> >
> >
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